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I am from Germany and while we have an "Erntedankfest" ("harvest appreciation fest" is a loose translation), there is no tradition of a gathering of the family and the whole procedure. It is rather a religious thing and I am not into this stuff.

Ah. Well, he's giving the turkey a presidential pardon which is an adorable tradition. So they won't be eating it.

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It actually does, my bro in a nod to southern traditions deep fried a turkey for thanksgiving a few years ago. It was awesome and surprisingly was neither greasy or did it absorb a lot of the cooking oil. It basically made a crisp skin and an awesome meal.

I don't think deep frying a turkey is a bad idea. In fact, I am hungry and salivating at the moment.

But are there people out there that have a deep fryer to throw an entire turkey into it? How much time does it take? Aren't the outer parts totally unedible if you keep it in there long enough to get the inner parts fried?